Kieth Moon – “I’ve always liked balls”
Bolaseca – another wierd chinese pinball
Pinball Deoderant
Whether playing pinball or a round of mixed-sexual-orientation volleyball, 8×4 Deodorant has you covered.
How does the mobile pinball map work?
Some guy does a cool little video review of the pinballmap.com app for mobile devices. Go download it now!
The Newest Pinball Game: The Rolling Stones
Watch this video in HD! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNKfmWl6bMs&hd=1
Why arcades were more popular in the ’70s
Because this is what you had at home.
Above – From left to Right: Walter Hurwitz (4th), Andrei Massenkoff (3rd), Hal Erickson (Grand Champion), Tim Hansen (2nd)
Thanks to everyone for coming out!! Around 40 players entered and the top 6 Open and top 6 Novice Division players won plaques. Every entrant got an official Flynn’s Arcade token from Disney California Adventure, as well as nachos (if they were fast enough, apparently…)
Don’t forget there is a double tournament weekend coming up. February 25th at the Stork Club in Oakland and February 26 is the launch party for newest pinball game: The Rolling Stones. Check back for details coming soon.
HUGE thanks to all who helped out but especially Mark Altvater for making those sweet-ass plaques for the top 3 in each division.
Top 8 in Novice:
7: Selena Shook
7: Jeannie Rodriguez
6: Chris De Leon
5: Jason Delaro
4: Michael Schiess
3: Justin Haber
2: David R.
Mitch Tunick – Novice Division Winner.
Top 16 in Open:
16: Keith Parkins
15: Dottie Ledesma
14: Matt Warren
13: Alex Samonte
11: Denise McCullough
11: Mark Altvater
9: Jim Viera
9: Beth Davies
8: Ricky Valdez
7: Josh Warren
6: Bob Schwarzmann
5: Pat Choy
4: Walter Hurwitz
3: Andrei Massenkoff
2: Tim Hansen
Hal Erickson – Open Division Grand Champion.
Full Results:
Note: These are the results submitted to IFPA for World Pinball Ranking Points and are based on Open Playoff results and Qualifier order after that. IFPA does not recognize Novice Final results where ranking points are concerned.
1. Hal Erickson
2. Tim Hansen
3. Andrei Massenkoff
4. Walter Hurwitz
5. Pat Choy
6. Bob Schwarzmann
7. Josh Warren
8. Ricky Valdez (jr)
9. Beth Davies
9. Jim Viera
11. Mark Altvater
11. Denise McCullough
13. Alex Samonte
14. Matt Warren
15. Dottie Ledesma
16. Kieth Parkins
17. David Rockholt
18. Chris DeLeon
19. Selena Shook
19. Erica Riekki
21. Mitch Tunick
21. Justin Haber
23. Chris Heileg
24. Michael Schiess
24. Kevin Reikki
26. Jeannie Rodriguez
26. Aaron Wong
28. Molly Reismann
28. Rick Valdez, Sr.
30. David Joud
30. Teresa Altvater
32. Darrin B.
33. Henry Huang
34. Roone Silberman
35. Reno Reikki
36. Rory Reikki
37. Theo Gruber
38. Jem Gruber
BAPA League Finals – Andrei vs. Tim
BAPA league finals were held on Sunday. I did better than last time but still pretty crappy. I finished in mmmmphfff place. Anyway, Tim and Andrei battled it out for the top spot. Here’s one of their games on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Click to watch in HD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfFSQaaXCXA&hd=1&fmt=22
Shortly into the second video, watch as Andrei gets Final Frontier wizard mode and his score goes absolutely nuts.
Click to watch in HD!
Blink-Feuer
Interesting early pre-flipper called “Blink-Feuer”, which means “Flashing Fire” (or probably just “Flash Fire”) in German. There’s no entry for this game in the Internet Pinball Machine Database. The youtube poster appears to be from Berlin and says the game was made in 1937.
If you are into vintage coin-op, check out his channel for lots of other interesting videos of vintage German coin-op machines.
Brian Protheroe: Pinball
One of the best “pinball” songs made.
Rammstein – Amerika
The solo section of their song ‘Amerika’.
Disney Pinball
A schizophrenic Mickey Mouse has a delusion that the parrot on top of the pinball game is talking to him. Mickey proceeds to talk some smack right back, inserts a quarter and initially works the machine, probably as the shop owner is frantically dialing 911. Then Minnie shows up and Mickey starts losing, implying she’ s the reason and revealing the misogyny ingrained in the Walt Disney Company.
Mickey pumps more money into the game attempting to get the upper hand and Minnie grows impatient and tells him to quit playing. Sounds reasonable, right? But the whole reason Minnie wants him to “wrap it up” is because her broke ass can’t afford a soda and she’s waiting for Mickey, the breadwinner, to buy her one. She needs to go get a J-O-B and quit playa-hating. Hell, her man wouldn’t be paying attention to a pinball machine if she was delivering the goods. I was hoping Mickey would give her some strong pimp hand but that is one whipped mouse.
Mickey then proceeds to pump his life savings into the machine. The combination of the stress and flashing lights sends Mickey into a full-blown psychotic episode with visual and audio delusions. Mickey imagines he’s inside the pinball game fighting the evil pirate who has kidnapped Minnie . Clearly Minnie represents Mickey’s lost sanity and his attempt to regain a grasp on reality. This cartoon is a metaphor for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Mickey emerges from his psychotic episode having won a free game and again he imagines the talking parrot taunting him. Initially tempted, his sanity (Minnie) wins out. Not only does Mickey refuse the game he physically destroys it, a confident testament to his desire to recover and live a normal life. This cartoon is a metaphor for Fight Club.
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